Summary Beginning of the journey: Raphaël is flying with Eric Bruno on an ultra light motorized helicopter over the region of Dakar.They land in Saly and Raphaël takes a bus to Dakar where he meets Moctar Ba, a writer , photographer and manager of artists and footballers.They cross the city , speak about the "teranga", this Senegalese hospitality with touch of humor.Moctar explains that the cell phone is very important for the Senegalese people, so they are connected with all that happens in their country.Later they go surfing at the beach of Yoff.Then Raphaël takes the bus to Saly, some traffic jams and arrives at the National center of Ultra light motorized planes: Eric explains that the Dr. Saliou Niang is fighting against the tsetse flies using the sterile male technique in the Niayes region: so they will follow the ultra-light motorized plane of the doctor in this area.On the next day Eric and Raphaël will fly over the the Sine Saloum delta: they can see a lot of salt pounds and also the mangrove that has been reforested. Eric and Raphaël land in the hills of Niassam: Raphaël meets Pierre Stever who manages a lodge among the baobab trees.In the river there are pelicans which make a lot of noise in the night.On the morning Pierre and Raphaël goes to a salt pound: they meet there Koudou Bodian , a dynamic woman who picks up salt, Raphaël helps her to collect salt.Later Raphaël and Pierre meet Djiby Sene, the baker of the place and Raphaël helps him to make bread.Later Raphaël meets Pierre Diouf , tour operator of the "Aventuriers du Saloum": they travel to Ndangane where Pierre and his family will celebrate the end the Ramadan.Pierre explains that is Catholic, but other members of his family are Muslims and all show a great tolerance.This night they will eat "Thiéboudienne", a typical Senegalese dish of rice, fishes and vegetables.On the next day dugout tour to the mangrove where they meet Fatou Sarr, the president of the women's association who has reforested the mangrove some years ago and now are harvesting oysters (a new income for this women).At Diofior Raphaël and Pierre meet Isabelle Goudin (also called Awa) who manages the "Maison d'enfants d'Awa" , an great effort of schooling the children in the kindergarten and primary school, Pierre plays the drum and the children are dancing.Later Raphaël has a gift for Pierre : an ultra light motorized plane flight over the the Sine Saloum.Finally Pierre and Raphaël go the the Mar Lodj Island; they participate in a mass in the Catholic church (90 % of the inhabitants of this island are Catholics), later the people get together : there are traditional dances and prayers for a good harvest.Pierre shows Raphaël a sacred tree (the union of three different trees, Catholic religion, Muslim religion and Animist religion).Finally Raphaël and Pierre meet some friends on the beach and Pierre plays a drum and they enjoy this moment of friendliness. Besides we see zooms about Tangus, a new Senegalese bakery and fast food chain (in a few months about 500 jobs have been created), about the Institut Séngalais de Management created by Amadou Diaw ( an opportunity to study management and other economical sciences in Senegal instead of studying in Europe), about Hanifa Sogo a young Senegalese woman who is proud of her black curly hair, about the new television channels in Senegal (TFM , a very popular new channel), about the artist Gabriel Diome who recovers capsules and makes capsules chairs, about the father of Djiby who is healer and knows a lot of medicinal herbs, about the Football Diambars Institute which is a boarding school for 12-18 years old young Senegalese with a great philosophy ( you will be champions of the life), about the growing of the peanuts, cooperatives of women are transforming these peanuts into oil and they use the meals as food for cattle and about the use of the peanut in the traditional Senegalese cooking ("maafe" of beef or mutton cooked in a peanut paste).

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